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by Karen Lerner​Fall is fast approaching, and with it, registration for standardized testing that will be used as part of the admissions process for higher education. Some students take these tests, competing in cavernous testing facilities, but at a distinct disadvantage owing to diagnosed conditions such as ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Autism, or other conditions that might compromise their ability to demonstrate their high skills and cognition.

If I have just described you or your child, then requesting Testing Accommodations is one way to address this situation. Four things to keep in mind:

There must be written evidence of the disability

There must be a description of the functional limitations due to the disability

There must be clear justification for the specific accommodations requested

Unless those accommodations are already embedded in the current education (and that would need to be documented) then there has to be evidence that the school is currently granting those accommodations and they are being used

Your guidance counselor at school is usually the person to talk to about applying for testing accommodations. The applications can be found under disability services or testing accommodations on-line when you register for the SAT, ACT, GRE, etc. Reading all the directions and instructions before meeting with the counselor will save you time. A few things to remember while gathering all your documentation are:

A specific diagnosis must be made and by someone with the professional credentials to support that diagnosis

Current or updated assessments (not older than 3 years) are often required for any Learning Disabilities – and if planning to be tested, ask for the WAIS (adult IQ test) to be administered, not the WISC (child version)

A cover letter summarizing the assessment report by the evaluator is helpful

A description of how the requested accommodations are currently being used from school personnel is also helpful

Finally, some students, after all that trouble, neglect to use the granted accommodations since they do not want to appear different. So make sure that everyone is on the same page before beginning this process. And remember that the application for testing accommodations can take more than a month to be considered and approved, so get this done as early as possible.